When it comes to colon cancer, aka bowel cancer, The American Cancer Society reveals that 108,860 new cases of colon cancer have been detected in 2026 alone – and we’re only in March. While curable ...

Lachie, from Geelong, had been married for six months and felt otherwise fit and healthy when he first made the unsettling observation.

According to the latest UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey, which is used by governments to monitor our nutrition, less than one in 20 (4%) of adults and teenagers are meeting the recommended daily ...

As with many people from my generation, for me Dawson’s Creek was one of those must-watch programmes, so I was shocked to read that James Van Der Beek had died from bowel cancer. The shock was on a ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Spencer Laird was diagnosed with colon cancer at 26. At 30, he was told it had returned and spread to his lungs, with one tumor the size of a golf ball.

Objectives Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex, progressive neurological disorder with motor and non-motor symptoms. Among the non-motor symptoms, constipation severely affects the patients’ quality ...

ACG published its first complete guideline on the diagnosis and management of hepatic encephalopathy, with practical tools for clinicians and interventions to help ease the negative impact on both ...

I was halfway across the Queensboro Bridge when a not-so-unfamiliar feeling hit me: I had to take a shit. I was 1.5 miles into my run, and I had emptied the tank just before I left my apartment. As I ...

Several factors can affect how long calcium stays in your body, including how much you absorb for bone and tooth structure versus what your body eliminates.

A woman in her 30s was diagnosed with colorectal cancer after six years of doctors dismissing symptoms, believing they were childbirth side effects.

Most people dismiss stomach troubles as minor problems. A little bloating after a meal, occasional acidity, or a day of constipation rarely feels alarming. The common response is to ignore it, drink a ...